Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA CollectCatalog of Images

6750

Two Shaefer's anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi). A rare image of two of this species of fish in the same area.

6751

Two Shaefer's anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi). A rare image of two of this species of fish in the same area.

6752

Three Shaefer's anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi). A rare image of three of this species of fish in the same area. The fins resting on a rock pedestal of the third fish is seen in the upper right.

6753

Closeup of the head of a Shaefer's anglerfish (Sladenia shaefersi.

6754

A species of tripod fish

6755

A species of tripod fish

6756

A species of tripod fish

6757

A large cusk eel leaving the bottom.

6758

A cusk eel.

6759

A species of tripod fish

6760

A black grenadier

6761

Coryphaenoides rupestris

6762

A species of tripod fish

6763

A grenadier

6764

An unknown fish with light organs on its head.

6765

An unknown fish with light organs on its head.

6766

Halosaur sp.

6767

A species of tripod fish.

6768

A cusk eel seen from behind.

6769

Lobate ctenophore displaying bioluminescence

6770

Lobate ctenophore displaying bioluminescence

6771

Lobate ctenophore displaying bioluminescence

6772

A beautiful little comb jelly

6773

A beautiful little comb jelly

6774

Bell-shaped gelatinous organism. These are common but what are they? Possibly discarded mucous larvacean "houses" sinking to the bottom.

6775

Bell-shaped gelatinous organism. These are common but what are they? Possibly discarded mucous larvacean "houses" sinking to the bottom.

6776

Bell-shaped gelatinous organism. These are common but what are they? Possibly discarded mucous larvacean "houses" sinking to the bottom.

6777

Bell-shaped gelatinous organism. These are common but what are they? Possibly discarded mucous larvacean "houses" sinking to the bottom.

6778

Strange appearing material. Biological origin? Trash in the water column?

6779

A swimming polychaete worm

6780

With the exception of the pink structure, this gelatinous creature is nearly invisible. Probably a type of ctenophore.

6781

With the exception of the pink structure, this gelatinous creature is nearly invisible. Probably a type of ctenophore.

Gulf of Mexico, North

6782

Bacterial mat at cold seep site.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6783

White and gray material characteristic of cold seep sites in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6784

Large vestimentiferan tube worms at cold seep site. The smaller tube worms appear to be a different species, perhaps serpulid tube worms. Small white zoanthids with tentacles extended are seen throughout the image except on the white area.

A grenadier and an eel pout at a patch of microbial material at a cold seep.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6788

Patches of microbial material at a cold seep site.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

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White microbial material at a cold seep site.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6790

A patch of microbial materia. Bubbles of methane gas are seen in the center lower right of this image at a cold seep site.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6791

Live large bathymodiolus mussels, at least one large tube worm, red crabs ( Chaceon quinquedens), and white squat lobsters.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6792

A closeup of the cold seep site in image expl8260 revealing more white squat lobsters, a few large shrimp, and what appear to be barnacles covering some of the mussels.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6793

White squat lobsters and filaments of microbial material at a cold seep site covering rock material and a broken mussel shell.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6794

Cold seep site with large bathymodiolus mussels, white squat lobsters, and tube worms. White bacterial material is covering some of the mussels and fuzzy filaments cover part of the carbonate rock outcrop.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

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Numerous white shrimp living within a bathymodiolus mussel bed at a cold seep site.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

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White translucent shrimp living within a bed of bathymodiolus mussels at a cold seep site. A zoarcid fish peers out from between mussels on the left center edge of the image. Small circular white objects are seen on some of the mussels.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

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Bathymodiolus mussels and a red crab seen at a cold seep. The live mussels are covered with furry appearing microbial material. Piles of what appears to be fecal material are in the center of the image.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6798

Eel pouts at a cold seep. A single red crab (Chaceon quinquedens) is also seen.

Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi Dome 2012 April 12

6799

A cold seep site with large holes and dark brown stained rock and sediment. What caused this?